Spam control: Etiquette of sending elists explained
To those who need it explained: there are rules of etiquette when it comes to contacting people, especially people that you don’t know. Not abiding by certain rules of etiquette winds your communication up in the “spam” folder and having your emails blocked.
Spamming is a form of harassment where people may send you unwanted emails and have not communicated that they want to be put on a mailing list to receive a person’s messages. Frowned upon by many, spammers do not accept your requests to stop sending their messages to your inbox. It amazes me that anyone would have to explain how bothersome this practice is when you have repeatedly asked that you not be added to their emails.
If I have not communicated with you personally on some issue where I have chosen to specifically hold that conversation with you, then don’t send me your unsolicited email. I will find you if I am searching for your information.
So many times these emails are sent by people who don’t bother to introduce themselves and tell you specifically why you have been added to their lists. It is like having an unwanted insurance salesman randomly show up at your door insisting that you buy his insurance.
These email lists do not offer an “opt-in” option where the receiver chooses whether to receive these messages or not. Recipients are just added to the eLists that often result in ongoing conversations among recipients that further flood the recipients inbox’s. Recipients often are not interested in these conversations.
For myself, when I put out an “opt-in” newsletter that I am looking for stories or for specific information and to contact me about that, I expect to receive replies to my messages. My recipients have opted-in to receive my emails and they can always “opt-out” by clicking a link at the bottom of my newsletters.
Sending unwanted messages reminds me of unwanted robo-call messages on my phone offering a cruise deal or is a fundraiser from organizations I have never expressed an interest in. Deleting these messages becomes tiring and my thoughts about the senders is that they are annoying. I never support these organizations or participate in these “deals”. Social media sites do not give permission to spam people, because abusing access to people’s emails makes these spammers less credible in the messages they want to send. They shoot themselves in the foot.
Information overload and intrusiveness has become a large problem. Taking steps to block incoming emails and removing phone numbers using the national do not call registry takes away from productive work or relaxation time we deserve in our private lives.
People who do not understand or consider requests that they no longer send their emails to participants are not worth spending any time reading their messages. They simply do not respect your privacy and are rude, disrespectful and harassive. Too many of these email spammers get away with it; possibly creating lists of harassive emailers could be registered on a national or global registry. At least we would have a running start with adding these email addresses to our “blocked” email address lists in our personal email accounts.
